Powertests and a lot of doctor visits

Right now I can really say that the end is in sight! Five months after the surgery I have to say that I’m very satisfied with the rehabilitation proces and how I developed my muscles. I was also very lucky that I didn’t had much pain during the rehabilitation. Last thursday I did a power test, called the biodex test (for an example watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8zkeHTWqZ0 ). With this test you can see very well the strength differences between both legs. Time for some action!

Before I started the test, I first visited an other doctor (than my own). I don’t want to tell much about it, but it’s very difficult for other doctors to investigate my knee. They simply don’t know what is exactly done with the surgery, nor do they know something about my knee history. There is only one doctor who saw the inside of my knee.. Unfortunately I have some experience with visiting surgeons, I have problems with my PCL for seven years, and I must say that all the doctors diagnosed something different. The most important thing for me now is to know that I have a good PCL and that also the postero laterale corner is stable. I can compare the rest instability that remains with muscles, but this caused some confusion already. The day before yesterday I did a MRI, here it’s normal to make one right before you start playing again, and my own doctor looked at it. I can say that everything is good!

But okay, the most important thing was off course the test. It’s like a leg extension device and you will do 4 series of 5 repetitions. The first set is with a power of 75% and after that it’s full power. The thing is to extend your leg as powerful as you can and then to bend your leg as powerful as you can. In that way they can measure the strenght of your quadriceps and hamstrings. I started with my right leg (the unoperated leg) and after that I did my left leg. The result was very positive! My left leg is stronger than my right one. For me this is unbelievable because the last two years I didn’t achieved that because of my injuries. The power in my legs were equal..

Now I received a new program, because the test showed that my hamstrings can be a bit more powerful. I will focus on this for the next 3-4 weeks and then I will do the test again. This means I can start in the beginning of december with contact during the handball training. Right on schedule 🙂

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I'm a professional handball player, playing for Issy Paris and the Dutch National Team. Last year I've suffered a PCL injury, but I recovered completely. Here you can follow all my adventures and especially you can follow my road to the Olympic Games in Rio!